Strange things were said to happen around Darya Saltykova’s estate. Tales of torture and abuse slowly trickled out of the Russian noblewoman’s lands where screams were said to be heard long into the night and young girls were said to disappear. In a tale reminiscent of the Hungarian Blood Countess, Elizabeth Bathory some 200 years earlier, comes a tale of a woman with ties to the highest echelon of Russian nobility, even as high as the Imperial Court.

Darya Saltykova’s is a tale of a scorned woman turned raging maniac, who targeted young female serfs with her rage and aggression. But it wasn’t this torture and brutality that lead to the Blood Countess being tried for her crimes. It was the fact that she crossed the Russian nobility’s line of though shalt not kill, only punish by maiming. When all was said and done, as many as 130 deaths were attributed to Darya’s rage.

Also in this spoooky season episode, AllieCat makes another appearance and Kat and Rachel run through a sort of rapid fire round of spoooky questions!